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Your future car could be a Radar Antenna
Your future car could be a Radar Antenna Radar miniaturization is one of the key trends that IDTechEx has identified in โAutomotive Radar 2022-2042โ. There are several factors that are contributing towards this, such as moving from 24GHz to 77GHz which shrinks the antenna size. Or, transitioning fro...
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Perovskite Solar Cells pass damp-heat test
Perovskite Solar Cells pass damp-heat test As global sustainability and clean energy megatrends impact how we approach energy strategies toward a greener future for the planet, renewable technologies such as wind and solar are leading areas of focus for research. In the solar technology space, the e...
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Trimble announces Jobsite Connectivity Bundle links 3D Models and Data
Trimble announces Jobsite Connectivity Bundle links 3D Models and Data Trimble announced today the Trimbleยฎ Jobsite Connectivity Bundle, a software bundle that links 3D models and data across Trimble civil construction hardware and software solutions. The interoperability of the solutions provides f...
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Companies are getting ahead of Vehicle and Tool Theft, and Maintenance Concerns
Companies are getting ahead of Vehicle and Tool Theft, and Maintenance Concerns Construction theft has been a significant industry issue for years. However, with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, opportunistic thieves have been burglarizing construction sites at an even more astonishing rate. The Nation...
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Ecoppia 400MW Solar Project with Azure Power features Multiple Robotic Solutions
Ecoppia 400MW Solar Project with Azure Power features Multiple Robotic Solutions Ecoppia, worldโs leader in robotic cleaning solutions for photovoltaic solar, announced today another significant milestone with first ever hybrid project of 400MW with renowned energy player, Azure Power. This complex...
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Custom imaging and deployment of SolidSense Edge Gateways streamlined
Custom imaging and deployment of SolidSense Edge Gateways streamlined SolidRun,ย a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance edge computing solutions, today announced in collaboration withย IoT.Bzh, an embedded open source software specialist, new Linux distributions available for SolidSe...
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New MIT technique uses AI to find anomalies hiding in massive datasets
New MIT technique uses AI to find anomalies hiding in massive datasets Identifying a malfunction in the nationโs power grid can be like trying to find a needle in an enormous haystack. Hundreds of thousands of interrelated sensors spread across the U.S. capture data on electric current, voltage, and...
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Interroll announces new Smart Pallet Mover to boost manufacturing logistics
Interroll announces new Smart Pallet Mover to boost manufacturing logistics It is not the performance of modern production machines but their material supply that promises the greatest potential for further productivity increases in industrial companies today. With the new Smart Pallet Mover, Interr...
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DHL investing $15m to Automate Warehousing with Boston Dynamics
DHL investing $15m to Automate Warehousing with Boston Dynamics DHL Supply Chain, the global and North American contract logistics leader within Deutsche Post DHL Group, today announced a $15 million investment in robotics solutions from Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, to furt...
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Manchester City Council selects Yotta Highways Asset Management System
Manchester City Council selects Yotta Highways Asset Management System Following an open procedure tender process, Manchester City Council has awarded Yotta, the leading global connected asset management and services provider, a contract worth more than ยฃ500,000, to provide it with a highways asset...
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Vehicle Diagnostics may be the cure to reduce Fleet Carbon Footprint
Vehicle Diagnostics may be the cure to reduce Fleet Carbon Footprint The takeaways from the Glasgow UN Climate Summit have never been clearer โ drastic changes are imperative in industries of every kind if we are to mitigate the growing challenges of climate change. The transportation industry is cl...
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Artificial Intelligence enables hydropower smart planning across Amazon basin
Artificial Intelligence enables hydropower smart planning across Amazon basin An international team of researchers has for the first time demonstrated how artificial intelligence can be harnessed for sustainable hydropower development across the entire Amazon basin โ stretching across South America....
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British Antarctic Survey puts Geotab Telematics Fleet Management solution to work
British Antarctic Survey puts Geotab Telematics Fleet Management solution to work Geotab Inc., a global leader in IoT and connected transportation today announced it is implementing a fleet management platform for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), an interdisciplinary research organisation with resear...
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EyeVi Technologies to rewrite the road maintenance playbook after $2m investment
EyeVi Technologies to rewrite the road maintenance playbook after $2m investment EyeVi Technologies, an AI-driven mapping technology start-up, has raised โฌ1.8 million in a seed round led by ff Venture Capital, with the participation of RKKVC, Decacorn Capital, Iron Wolf Capital, Superangel, Spring C...
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Teledyne FLIR launches Conservator Subscription for AI Thermal Imaging development
Teledyne FLIR launches Conservator Subscription for AI Thermal Imaging development The data lifecycle management (DLM) application optimizes dataset development with access to an annotated infrared and visible library for neural network training and advanced model performance testing Teledyne FLIR t...
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Point of Rental expands into Canada
Point of Rental expands into Canada Point of Rental is taking its relationship with its Canadian users to the next level: The company is establishing an official on-the-ground presence in Canada. Ben Sinclair, who joined Point of Rental in 2019 after more than a decade of experience working at his f...
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MIT engineers plant-derived composite as tough as bone and hard as aluminium
MIT engineers plant-derived composite as tough as bone and hard as aluminium The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but in the walls of its microscopic cells. A single wood cell wall is constructed from fibres of cellulose ยญโ natureโs most abundant polymer, and th...
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Ouster won 110 Smart Infrastructure Signalling projects in 2021
Ouster won 110 Smart Infrastructure Signalling projects in 2021 Ouster, Inc., a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors, has announced that it was selected for 110 smart infrastructure projects in 2021, representing nearly 3,000 digital lidar OS sensors for initial deployments. The...
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Esri’s new book helps Public Safety Agencies get started with GIS Technology
Esri’s new book helps Public Safety Agencies get started with GIS Technology When a winter storm battered a major city in the southwestern US and left millions in the community without power or drinking water, emergency responders relied on geographic information system (GIS) technology to qui...
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SureCam connected Dashcam now includes LiveCheck for remote access telematics
SureCam connected Dashcam now includes LiveCheck for remote access telematics Fleet operators can now remotely access live video from their SureCam connected dash camera devices with SureCam LiveCheck. SureCam is one of the fastest growing video telematics providers in North America and Europeโs lea...
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Kane County DoT selects Iteris for Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability
Kane County DoT selects Iteris for Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Iteris, Inc., a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, has announced that it has been selected by the Kane County Department of Transportation (Kane County DOT) for a smart mobility, safety and sustainab...
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Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon developing Social Digital Twin Technology for Smart Cities
Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon developing Social Digital Twin Technology for Smart Cities Fujitsu Limited and Carnegie Mellon University researchers today announced the launch of collaborative research projects focused on the development of โSocial Digital Twinโ technology, with an emphasis on explorin...
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H3 Dynamics’ new Autonomous Drone Stations help to monitor Large Solar Farms
H3 Dynamics’ new Autonomous Drone Stations help to monitor Large Solar Farms H3 Dynamicsย is announcing a newย Robots-as-a-serviceย solution for autonomous solar farm monitoring in partnership with Sitemark, a specialist AI-analytics company from Belgium. The new partnership combines the DBXย dron...
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Keysight and LG demonstrate 6G Radio at Korea Science and Technology Exhibition
Keysight and LG demonstrate 6G Radio at Korea Science and Technology Exhibition Keysight Technologies, Inc., a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, helped LG Electronicsย to demonstrate a 6G ra...
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Intel invests $1 Billion to drive adoption of disruptive technologies
Intel invests $1 Billion to drive adoption of disruptive technologies Intel today announced a new $1 billion fund to support early-stage start-ups and established companies building disruptive technologies for the foundry ecosystem. A collaboration betweenย Intel Capitalย andย Intel Foundry Servicesย (I...
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Outsight wins 2022 LiDAR Leader Award for taking LiDAR to the next level
Outsight wins 2022 LiDAR Leader Award for taking LiDAR to the next level Outsight has received the 2022 LiDAR Leader Award for Outstanding Enterprise Achievement, presented by Geo Week and LiDAR Magazine within the framework of the 2022 Geo Week Awards. The Geo Week Awards is a central annual event...
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Snail Trails cast a dark shadow over Solar Panel efficiency
Snail Trails cast a dark shadow over Solar Panel efficiency Snail trails found on solar panels arenโt what you think they are. Instead of a slimy trail made by an actual snail, this description is actually referencing the discoloration found on solar panels. They have become a huge phenomenon, and a...
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Mobility analytics leader StreetLight Data acquired by Jacobs
Mobility analytics leader StreetLight Data acquired by Jacobs Jacobs announced today it has acquired StreetLight Data, Inc., a pioneer of mobility analytics who uses its vast data and machine learning resources to shed light on mobility, enabling users to solve complex transportation problems. The a...
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Did the past correctly predict the future of the Car Industry?
Did the past correctly predict the future of the Car Industry? ย Fantasising about the future has consistently been a preoccupation of humankind. Weโve asked ourselves many futuristic questions over the centuries, and weโve constantly tried to come up with answers to satiate our appetite for exciteme...
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Hyundai opens recruiting for start-ups for 2022 ZER01NE Accelerator
Hyundai opens recruiting for start-ups for 2022 ZER01NE Accelerator Hyundai Motor Group announced its 2022 first half ZER01NE Accelerator program, an open innovation platform to facilitate collaboration between start-ups and Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation on various projects. This program...
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Australian Avass looks to manufacture Electric Vehicles and Batteries in Saudi Arabia
Australian Avass looks to manufacture Electric Vehicles and Batteries in Saudi Arabia Australia-based Avass Group recently announced that they have signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to jointly manufacture electric vehicles and lithium batteries. The Group have endorsed a Memorandum of Understand...
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Construction 4.0 technologies will drive sustainability
Construction 4.0 technologies will drive sustainability Technologies forming part of the โfourth industrial revolutionโ can improve the economic and environmental sustainability of industries that contributes around 11% of all global carbon emissions, a new study shows. Researchers including from th...
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Volvo and Northvolt accelerate electrification with new Battery Plant in Sweden
Volvo and Northvolt accelerate electrification with new Battery Plant in Sweden Volvo Cars and Northvolt have selected Gothenburg, Sweden, to establish a new battery manufacturing plant, which will commence operations in 2025, create up to 3,000 jobs and complement the planned R&D centre that bo...
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Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress
Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress Fisker are a passionate creator of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions. They will be debuting the Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV to the European market at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona....
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Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger
Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger Highly automated driving functions must work safely and reliably in every situation โ whether on the highway or in a multi-story car park. One of the ways developers achieve this is through โredundancyโ; parallel systems observe the enviro...
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Altium releases update to Altium Designer 22
Altium releases update to Altium Designer 22 At AltiumLive 2022 CONNECT, Altium announced the release of Altium Designer 22, which includes added features to help designers source component availability, enhanced capabilities that reduce manual design tasks, along with advanced real-time lifecycle m...
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CAPTURE 3D adds GOM Suite 2021 Metrology enhancements
CAPTURE 3D adds GOM Suite 2021 Metrology enhancements CAPTURE 3D, the leading provider of innovativeย 3D measurement solutionsย and the official U.S. partner for GOM GmbH, a ZEISS company, today announced GOM Suite 2021, containing new additions and updates to its ecosystem of 3D metrology modules. In...
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EPC 2kW Bidirectional Converters handle two-phase 48 V โ 14 V
EPC 2kW Bidirectional Converters handle two-phase 48 V โ 14 V EPC announces the availability of the EPC9170, a 2 kW, two-phase 48 V โ 14 V bidirectional converter that operates with 96.8% peak efficiency in a small footprint. The board features the ePower™ 100 V, 65 A integrated circuit chips...
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Elroy Air launches Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL Cargo Aircraft
Elroy Air launches Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL Cargo Aircraft Elroy Air, the company developing the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system, unveiled its pre-production Chaparral aircraft today. The Chaparral can autonomously pick up 300-500...
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Burning plasma experiment achieved Inertial Fusion for the first time
Burning plasma experiment achieved Inertial Fusion for the first time For more than 60 years, scientists have sought to understand and control the process of fusion, a quest to harness the vast amounts of energy released when nuclei in fuel come together. A paperย published today in the journal Natur...
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NEC develops Autonomous Mobile Robot Control Technology
NEC develops Autonomous Mobile Robot Control Technology NEC Corporation today announced the development of a control technology that doubles the efficiency of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) in warehouses while maintaining a high level of safety. NEC plans to put this technology into practical use by...
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Garmin inReach Mini 2 delivers a month of global satellite communication and SOS
Garmin inReach Mini 2 delivers a month of global satellite communication and SOS Garmin has announced the inReachยฎ Mini 2, a compact satellite communication device with two-way texting and SOS capabilities. Purpose-built to support outdoor enthusiasts of all skill levels, the lightweight inReach Min...
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Cessna SkyCourier large-utility turboprop starts production
Cessna SkyCourier large-utility turboprop starts production Textron Aviation today announced the rollout of the first production unit of the twin-engine, large-utility turboprop, the Cessna SkyCourier, at the companyโs manufacturing facility in Wichita. The new, clean-sheet design has allowed for th...
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STIHL acquires stake in TinyMobileRobots in Denmark
STIHL acquires stake in TinyMobileRobots in Denmark German industrial group STIHL, the worldโs leading manufacturer of chainsaw power tools, forestry machinery and robotic lawn mowers for prosumers and professionals, today announced a significant investment in the Danish robotics company, TinyMobile...
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Intel launches Project Circuit Breaker to hunt down bugs
Intel launches Project Circuit Breaker to hunt down bugs Intel is expanding its Bug Bounty program with Project Circuit Breaker, bringing together a community of elite hackers to hunt bugs in firmware, hypervisors, GPUs, chipsets and more. Project Circuit Breaker broadens and deepens Intelโs existin...
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New Hydrogen Polymer Fuel Cells can operate at Higher Temperatures
New Hydrogen Polymer Fuel Cells can operate at Higher Temperatures A new high-temperature polymer fuel cell that operates at 80-160 degrees Celsius, with a higher-rated power density than state-of-the-art fuel cells, solves the longstanding problem of overheating, one of the most significant technic...
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Truck It In completes largest seed funding round in MENAP trucking space
Truck It In completes largest seed funding round in MENAP trucking space Homegrown logistics tech start-up Truck It In has closed a $13 million seed round jointly led by venture capital firms Global Founders Capital and Fatima Gobi Ventures. The seed round is the largest of its kind in the MENAP (Mi...
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Construction SME’s must combat data sprawl
Construction SME’s must combat data sprawl Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the backbone of the global construction industry, yet they are severely underserved by the technology available to them. There are nearly four million construction businesses in the US as of 2022, and...
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Automated Bus Consortium™ requests proposals to procure highly Automated Buses
Automated Bus Consortium™ requests proposals to procure highly Automated Buses The Automated Bus Consortium™, a collective of U.S. transit agencies and departments of transportation, announced today the release of a request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to seventy full-size Level 4...
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Iteris wins $1.7m Smart Mobility contract in San Bernardino
Iteris wins $1.7m Smart Mobility contract in San Bernardino Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, has announced that it has been awarded a $1.7 million contract from the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA). The contract is for a regional smar...
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RoadSync launches new Truck Driver App to modernise Supply Chain Payments
RoadSync launches new Truck Driver App to modernise Supply Chain Payments RoadSync, the leading digital financial platform for the supply chain, today announces the rollout of its new app, RoadSync Driver. Built for and informed by drivers, RoadSync Driver is an expense management app that allows tr...
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Power Integrations introduces 1st high-voltage Switcher ICs with 1700 V SiC MOSFET
Power Integrations introduces 1st high-voltage Switcher ICs with 1700 V SiC MOSFET Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits (ICs) for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced the addition of two new AEC-Q100 qualified, 1700-volt rated ICs to its InnoSwitch™...
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Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway
Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, announced today that it has formed a joint venture with ECO STOR AS and...
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Boeing invests $450m in Wisk Aero to advance Certified Autonomous Electric Flight
Boeing invests $450m in Wisk Aero to advance Certified Autonomous Electric Flight Wisk, a leading Advanced Air Mobility company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the U.S., has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, making it one of the most well-funde...
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Atomic Armour research could protect equipment
Los Alamos National Laboratory Atomic Armour research could protect equipment Protective coatings are common for many things in daily life that see a lot of use: we coat wood floors with finish; apply Teflon to the paint on cars; even use diamond coatings on medical devices. Protective coatings are...
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National Highways delivering Connected Autonomous Plant Project at Futureworx 2022
National Highways delivering Connected Autonomous Plant Project at Futureworx 2022 National Highways have expressed that the organisation is โdelighted to confirm participation at this yearโs Futureworx technology event.โ The exclusive technology show case is taking place on 30th and 31st March 2022...
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Innodisk building an Intelligent AIoT world with EV and Smart City solutions
Innodisk building an Intelligent AIoT world with EV and Smart City solutions Innodisk, a leading global provider of industrial flash and memory solutions, reflects on its AIoT wins of last year and outlook for 2022. Even now, in 2022, AIoT is still a buzz thatโs impossible for business leaders to ig...
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MIT natural language method demystifies Machine-Learning systems
MIT natural language method demystifies Machine-Learning systems Neural networks are sometimes called black boxes because, despite the fact that they can outperform humans on certain tasks, even the researchers who design them often donโt understand how or why they work so well. But if aย neural netw...
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Passenger taps into contactless payments trend with new all-in-one capabilities
Passenger taps into contactless payments trend with new all-in-one capabilities UK public transport app and website provider, Passenger is helping more UK bus operators accommodate a shift in traditional payment methods by launching a new feature that gives bus users easier access to their contactle...
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Rameder expands into Towbars for Electric Cars
Rameder expands into Towbars for Electric Cars Rameder has expanded their application options for fully electric passenger cars with towbars design specifically for electric cars. More and more fully electric vehicles now offer a useful towing capacity. Whether you are setting out on a caravan vacat...
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Decoding the Highway Code changes with Data Insights
Decoding the Highway Code changes with Data Insights Back in 2018 it was announced that a review of theย Highway Codeย would take place. Following a three month stakeholder consultation process in 2020, it has been announced that the new rules will come into action from 29 January 2022, subject to par...
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Transmetrics AI improving Land Transport Network in Bulgaria for DB Schenker
Transmetrics AI improving Land Transport Network in Bulgaria for DB Schenker Transmetrics, a state-of-the-art AI platform developed exclusively for the supply chain, announces today that their artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have been employed by DB Schenker, a global leading logistics provi...
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Irish tech company CitySwift supporting data-driven Public Transport Strategy in New York
Irish tech company CitySwift supporting data-driven Public Transport Strategy in New York CitySwift, the Galway-based leader in data and machine learning for the public transport sector, is expanding its operations to North America in partnership with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authori...
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Is my Quantum Computer big enough?
Is my Quantum Computer big enough? Quantum computers are expected to be disruptive and potentially impact many industry sectors. So researchers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands decided to explore two very different quantum problems: breaking the encryption of Bitcoin (a digital currency) an...
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Project DACS paves the way for Robotic Paving Cutting
Project DACS paves the way for Robotic Paving Cutting Project DACS led by Eurovia UK in partnership with Loop Technology and The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), is making significant progress on the path towards delivering an innovative, ground-breaking robotic...
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MCD Developments reviews their choice of the XWatch system installed by SmartTech
MCD Developments reviews their choice of the XWatch system installed by SmartTech MCD Developments Civil Excavations engaged SmartTech Australia to install XWatch XW4 height and slew limiting systems on two of their excavators. Xwatch caught up with Malcolm De Wildt, Director of MCD Developments to...
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